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单词 mouton
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moutonn.1

Brit. /ˈmuːtɒn/, U.S. /ˈmuˌtɑn/
Forms: Middle English mowton, Middle English mutoun, Middle English–1500s moton, Middle English–1500s motoun, Middle English– mouton, 1500s motton, 1600s mutton; Scottish pre-1700 moutoun, pre-1700 mowtown, pre-1700 mutoun, pre-1700 muttone, pre-1700 muttown, pre-1700 mwtown, 1800s mutton.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouton.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mouton, moton, motoun, etc., and Middle French, French mouton battering ram (mid 12th cent. in Old French in form multon ; compare ram n.1), gold coin (late 13th cent. in Old French), siege engine that throws stones (late 14th cent. in Froissart), person placed in a prison in order to obtain the confession of an accused person (1769), elaborately worked sheepskin, worn like a fur (1821; 1260 in Old French in sense ‘leather made from sheepskin’), specific senses of mouton mutton n. N.E.D. (1902) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (mūtoṅ) /mutɔ̃/ for sense 3.
1. A French gold coin (also called agnel), weighing 4.68 grams and bearing the figure of the Lamb of God, first issued by Philip IV of France (reigned 1285–1314), and current into the 15th cent. Also: a similar coin issued by the English in their French possessions and by local rulers in the Low Countries. Also more fully mouton d'or. Now historical.The ‘mouton’ issued by Edward III and Henry V for use in the English possessions in France is said to have had the value of five shillings sterling.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold
mouton1357
francc1405
rial1420
salute145.
lew1467
royala1513
angelot1515
sanchet1643
louis1689
louis d'or1689
pavilion1757
Napoleon1814
double Napoleon1816
nap1820
leopard-
1357 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 65 (MED) [80000 florins called] motons.
1370 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 121 (MED) [To his damage 500] motons dor.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 23 Mede..merciede hem alle..Þe leste man of here mayne a mutoun [c1400 B text motoun; c1400 C text moton] of gold.
c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 100 (MED) Men clepe in þis contrey gold of biȝende þe see, Scutys, Motouns, or floryns.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxii A Moton is a Coyne vsed in Fraunce and Brytaygne, And is of value after the rate of sterlynge money vpon v.s. or theraboute.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxi. 208 These thre estates [sc. in France, 1356] made newe money to be forged of fyne gold, called moutons.
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 229 Certeyne skinnes, of this beast [sc. the Panther], whiche were valued, at 5000 mottons of gold.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 142 My father..will pay you gallantly—a French mutton for every hide I have spoiled.
1894 S. Lane-Poole Coins & Medals 111 The gold coins of Edw. III. were the guiennois..and mouton (Paschal Lamb).
1894 S. Lane-Poole Coins & Medals 112 Henry V. struck in gold moutons and demi-moutons.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 271 In Gelderland the French mouton d'or with its type of the Paschal lamb with pennant was imitated by Edward (1359–71), from 1360 with the title of Duke of Gelderland.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 600 (list of illustrations) Anglo-Gallic; Henry V,..mouton, c1420.
2. Military. A kind of siege engine; esp. one employed at the siege of Ghent in 1382. Cf. ram n.1 3a. Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista
ballistaeOE
ginc1325
mangonelc1325
springalc1330
ballistc1384
scorpionc1384
tormentc1384
trebuchet1388
fowler1420
dondainec1430
onagera1460
perrier1481
trabuch?1482
bricole1489
coillard1489
mouton1489
sambuca1489
martinet1523
racket1535
sling1535
brake1552
catapult1577
sweep1598
sling-dart1600
petrary1610
espringal1614
scorpion-bowa1629
swafe1688
sackbut1756
mangona1773
matafunda1773
lombard1838
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxiv. sig. Kjv Whiche engyne gyueth hys strokes euen soo as a rame doeth whan he reculeth a bak for to hurte whith hys hornes, and therfore is thys engyne called a Mouton.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccciiii. 701 They..made..a marueylus gret engyn, xx. fote large and xl. foote longe; they called this engyn a moton; it was to cast gret stones into the towne to beate downe houses.
1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armor & Weapons in Europe II. 327 Structures of carpentry launching forth large stones by means of weights, levers and slings. Of such are the Martinet, the Bricole and the Mouton.
1934 G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 458/1 Mouton, a huge engine forty feet long, twenty wide and twenty high used for throwing stones at the siege of Ghent in 1382.
3. A spy quartered in a prison with an accused person with the aim of obtaining incriminating evidence. Now rare.
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1804 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 442 A mouton or jail-spy [was] quartered in his chamber.
1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. ix. 239 A mouton or prison-spy had extracted much of the truth from Bailey.
4. The dressed skin of a sheep used for clothing, esp. when cut and dyed to resemble beaver or seal fur.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of sheep
sheepskinc1175
wool-fell1422
woolskinc1440
mouton1950
1950 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Mouton, the skin of sheep, usually of Merino Sheep, processed, sheared, and dyed to resemble beaver or a certain type of seal.
1963 Retail Trading-Standards Assoc. Bull. Aug.–Sept. 3/1 The following names [for furs] may be used notwithstanding the general rule:—Animal: Sheep (skin). Accepted Trade Name: Lamb or Mouton.
1973 B. Wright Four Seasons North 71 Hoods [of parkas] are warmly lined with fake mouton.
1994 D. Schoemperlen In Lang. of Love xii. 66 It was a mouton coat, so heavy that Joanna could barely lift it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Moutonn.2

Brit. /ˈmuːtɒn/, U.S. /ˈmuˌtɑn/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mouton.
Etymology: < the name of Château Mouton (which became the Château Mouton-Rothschild when purchased by the Rothschild family in 1853), a wine-producing estate in the Bordeaux region of France. Compare Mouton-Rothschild n.
A red Bordeaux wine of the Haut-Médoc, produced by the Château Mouton estate; (now) esp. Mouton Rothschild.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Bordeaux red
claret?1533
Bordeauxc1570
Haut-Brion1663
terse1671
Margaux1705
Lafite1707
long cork1759
Médoc1793
loll-shraub1816
comet claret1828
Latour1833
Mouton1833
palus1833
St. Emilion1833
Larose1841
Pauillac1858
Pontet-Canet1860
Pomerol1866
Léoville1875
Mouton-Rothschild1880
1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines iv. 150 The wine next in quality to Lafitte is that of Mouton..of which the produce is from a hundred to a hundred and forty tuns.
1860 C. Redding French Wines & Vineyards ix. 82 Messrs. Scott,..and d'Armailhac, at Mouton,..are the largest producers... The famous Bran-Mouton is from this district.
1864 Wine Trade Rev. 19 Nov. 60/1 The claret ‘Mouton’ grown in the territory of Pauillac, belonging to Baron Rothschild.
1877 A. Trollope Amer. Senator II. xv. 156 I think you will find that claret what you like... It's a '57 Mouton.
1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum vii. 61 It's the old ‘Mouton’, and pretty nearly the last of it; it's very old and wants drinking.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 372/1 Mouton was already highly rated in 1855 when Médoc wines were classified.
1991 Wine Spectator 15 May 77/1 The 1878, a beautifully integrated Mouton with plenty of plum, blackberry and cassis notes (rated 99).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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